Dr. Kavita Designer Smiles.
At Dr. Kavita's Designer Smiles Multispeciality Dental Clinic, a complimentary menu of more than 30 comfort options is part of every treatment, from a routine cleaning to dental implants.
Very few people look forward to a dental appointment. The sound of the drill, the bright light in your eyes, the feeling of lying back with your mouth open and no idea what is coming next. For many Mumbaikars, that is reason enough to keep postponing a check-up for months, sometimes years.
A dental clinic in Vile Parle East has spent more than three decades working on that problem. At Dr. Kavita's Designer Smiles Multispeciality Dental Clinic, patients are handed a menu. Not a food menu, although there is tea on it. A comfort menu.
The comfort menu at Dr. Kavita's Designer Smiles is called the Signature Comfort Menu. It has more than 30 options and is complimentary for every patient, at every visit, for every treatment. A patient coming in for a scale and polish gets the same menu as someone having implant surgery.
It is built around three moments of a visit: when you arrive, while you are in the chair, and after your treatment.
When you arrive. Patients settle in with a drink of their choice and tell the team what would make them most comfortable that day.
In the chair. Patients can pick as much or as little as they like:
After treatment. This is the part patients tend to talk about first:
The drinks list reads more like a café than a clinic. It covers regular coffee, black coffee and cold coffee; regular tea and lemon black tea; lemon iced tea; lemon and honey green tea; Tulsi green tea; Kashmiri Kahwa green tea; an orange ginger infusion served hot or cold; hot chocolate; and masala lemonade.
For appointments that run through a mealtime, there are light bites such as protein bars, healthy cookies and mints.
There is one practical rule. After some treatments, such as a tooth removal or implant surgery, hot drinks, straws or food may need to wait for a while so healing is not affected. The team tells each patient what is safe to have and when.
The ice cream is not just a treat. After surgical procedures such as extractions or implants, a cold dessert helps keep the area inside the mouth cool, which can help reduce bleeding and discomfort. It also turns the end of a stressful appointment into something closer to a reward.
Dr. Kavita Bhat Kumar, who has led Dr. Kavita's Designer Smiles since 1995, noticed something early in her career. When patients feel calm, everything goes better. They breathe more easily, sit more comfortably and come back for the care they need instead of putting it off.
The reverse is also true. Fear keeps people away from the dentist, and delay usually makes treatment bigger. A small cavity left alone can become a root canal. A loose tooth can become a missing one.
So at this clinic, comfort is treated as part of the treatment, not an extra. The comfort menu is the visible part of that idea. The less visible parts matter just as much:
The comfort menu is open to everyone, but it is especially useful for people who:
For patients having a smile makeover or dental implants, appointments can run long. Being able to listen to your own music under a blanket, with the instrument sounds blocked out, changes how that time feels.
A comfort menu would mean little without strong clinical care behind it. Dr. Kavita's Designer Smiles is ISO 9001:2015 certified for hygiene, sterilisation and clinical consistency. Instruments go through an ultrasonic bath and are then autoclaved, dental chairs run on distilled water, and single-use disposables are used wherever clinically appropriate.
The clinic uses digital X-rays and intraoral cameras, which use less radiation than older methods and let patients see what the dentist sees. Laser dentistry is used for suitable procedures, with less cutting and often faster healing. Dr. Kavita Bhat Kumar trained in aesthetic dentistry in Germany and completed specialised laser training at the University of Bonn. An orthodontist, periodontist, endodontist, pedodontist and prosthodontist work alongside her.
The clinic's main treatments are smile makeovers, dental implants and Invisalign clear aligners, along with complete family dentistry. It is rated 4.9 out of 5 from more than 800 Google reviews, and in 2026 Forbes India featured Dr. Kavita Bhat Kumar and the clinic among the 10 Leading Dentists in India.
The clinic is a short walk from Vile Parle railway station on the Western Line and easy to reach from Andheri, Santacruz and Bandra. It is about 15 to 20 minutes by road from Mumbai's international airport, and it is open 7 days a week, from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM.
What is the Signature Comfort Menu?
It is a menu of more than 30 comfort items, drinks and light bites that patients at Dr. Kavita's Designer Smiles Multispeciality Dental Clinic can choose from during their visit, including noise-cancelling earphones, music, fleece blankets, eye masks, a warm towel, a neck massage and drinks such as Kashmiri Kahwa.
Is the comfort menu free?
Yes. It is complimentary for every patient, at every visit.
Is it available for every treatment?
Yes. It is available whether the patient is in for a check-up, a cleaning, a root canal, veneers or implants.
Can I play my own music?
Yes. Patients can choose their own music and listen through noise-cancelling earphones during treatment.
Why is ice cream served after surgery?
It keeps the mouth cool after surgical procedures, which helps reduce bleeding and discomfort.
Dr. Kavita's Designer Smiles Multispeciality Dental Clinic, led by Dr. Kavita Bhat Kumar, has been treating patients in Vile Parle East, Mumbai, since 1995. The ISO 9001:2015 certified clinic provides smile makeovers, dental implants, Invisalign clear aligners and complete family dentistry, and also treats NRI and international patients.
